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Board approves UESF tentative agreement after questions about health-care costs and parcel tax funding
Summary
The board voted to approve a tentative agreement with United Educators of San Francisco after staff described health-care cost phasing, contingency language tied to the QTEA parcel tax, and multi-year fiscal projections; questions focused on first-year and second-year cost estimates and OPEB liabilities.
The San Francisco Board of Education approved a tentative agreement between the district and United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) after staff outlined the deal’s fiscal implications and certification requirements under AB 1200.
Staff explained the health-care component will phase in beginning Jan. 1 and that the first-year cost is, in staff’s presentation, "20,000,020.7" with the second-year cost rising to about 42,300,000; staff said the agreement includes trigger language tied to the QTEA parcel tax so that if the parcel tax is not renewed the district must return to the bargaining table. Commissioner questions focused on whether the district is contractually obligated to cover healthcare costs if the parcel tax fails and on assumptions used to model escalation and parcel-tax renewal design.
Board members also pressed staff on the district’s $654,000,000 OPEB (other post-employment benefits) unfunded liability and the annual pay-as-you-go cost (staff said roughly $35–40 million a year). After public comment and commissioner questions, the board voted to approve the tentative agreement; staff noted the agreement is subject to union ratification (which UESF had already completed).
